What Is It?
2006 Jeep Commander
What's Special About It?
Looking like a Rubicon that swallowed a smaller vehicle for breakfast, the Commander should prove a towering presence on American roads.
The imposing exterior design will surely gain plenty of attention, although Chrysler CEO and President Dieter Zetsche hopes that potential customers will first notice the "class-leading off-road capability and on-road refinement." The latter claim is supported by the vehicle's unprecedented three rows of seats, of which the rear two sections fold flat into the floor in the manner of the Chrysler Town & Country.
The Hummer-esque impression is further reduced through the implementation of more safety features than have ever been used on any vehicle in all the Chrysler Group's history. As company executive Joe Eberhardt said at the unveiling, "Safety was designed into this Jeep from the beginning."
This statement is more than apparent through the Commander's advanced multistage airbags, all-speed traction control system, child seat anchor system, electronic roll mitigation, electronic stability program, emergency brake assist, energy-absorbing steering wheel, enhanced accident response system, knee bolsters and child seat anchor system, to name only some of the safety features.
Despite the pair of tinted skylights in the rear, the Commander looks capable of serious off-road business. It features a choice of three separate, full-time four-wheel-drive systems: Quadra-Trac I, Quadra-Trac II and Quadra-Drive II. The off-road performance of Quadra-Drive II is enhanced further with electronic limited-slip differentials in the front, rear and center of the vehicle.
When the Jeep Commander goes on sale later this year, customers will be able to choose from three engines, which include a 3.7-liter V6, as well as two V8s: a 4.7-liter and a 5.7-liter Hemi. The last of these engines features cylinder deactivation, giving drivers the opportunity to improve upon the car's fuel economy of roughly 16 miles per gallon.
What's Edmunds' Take?
With the requisite ruggedness of nearly all of its models, and now the high-performance capabilities of the Grand Cherokee SRT8, Jeep was missing only one member in its SUV family: the vanity piece. Now Jeep is complete. — Phil Lienert
2006 Jeep Commander
What's Special About It?
Looking like a Rubicon that swallowed a smaller vehicle for breakfast, the Commander should prove a towering presence on American roads.
The imposing exterior design will surely gain plenty of attention, although Chrysler CEO and President Dieter Zetsche hopes that potential customers will first notice the "class-leading off-road capability and on-road refinement." The latter claim is supported by the vehicle's unprecedented three rows of seats, of which the rear two sections fold flat into the floor in the manner of the Chrysler Town & Country.
The Hummer-esque impression is further reduced through the implementation of more safety features than have ever been used on any vehicle in all the Chrysler Group's history. As company executive Joe Eberhardt said at the unveiling, "Safety was designed into this Jeep from the beginning."
This statement is more than apparent through the Commander's advanced multistage airbags, all-speed traction control system, child seat anchor system, electronic roll mitigation, electronic stability program, emergency brake assist, energy-absorbing steering wheel, enhanced accident response system, knee bolsters and child seat anchor system, to name only some of the safety features.
Despite the pair of tinted skylights in the rear, the Commander looks capable of serious off-road business. It features a choice of three separate, full-time four-wheel-drive systems: Quadra-Trac I, Quadra-Trac II and Quadra-Drive II. The off-road performance of Quadra-Drive II is enhanced further with electronic limited-slip differentials in the front, rear and center of the vehicle.
When the Jeep Commander goes on sale later this year, customers will be able to choose from three engines, which include a 3.7-liter V6, as well as two V8s: a 4.7-liter and a 5.7-liter Hemi. The last of these engines features cylinder deactivation, giving drivers the opportunity to improve upon the car's fuel economy of roughly 16 miles per gallon.
What's Edmunds' Take?
With the requisite ruggedness of nearly all of its models, and now the high-performance capabilities of the Grand Cherokee SRT8, Jeep was missing only one member in its SUV family: the vanity piece. Now Jeep is complete. — Phil Lienert
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